Flash MP3 Player Flash MP3 PlayerBubblegum pop is very light and simple mid 60s to mid 70s pop rock, aimed towards the children who wanted to be hip just like their older siblings listening to what's now called classic rock. To their misfortune the genre was simply met with a facepalms from everyone else, especially it's creators. More often than not the ‘’bands’’ were pure studio projects with random session musicians under a team of producers/songwriters, who usually didn’t want to waste time and energy on musical quality; as long as there was cartoon characters, animals or people in costumes mimicking to gibberish about candy and love on TV, it was a living. So even though these are my recommended songs on the genre, this is not really an entry consisted of particularly good musical material. Though there is always the inbuilt novelty of spending a few minutes getting to know a musical genre.
Lancelot Link And The Evolution Revolution - Sha-Na Love You (02:33)
Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution is as archetypal bubblegum pop as it gets. They were the fictional band of 1970 – 1972 TV series Lancelot; Secret Chimp, with a cast consisting of dressed up, probably psychologically traumatized chimps. Sha-Na Love You is their most notable track, both being very catchy and the most cringe-worthy thing you've heard since Hanson Brothers MMMbop.
The Wombles - Remember You're A Womble (03:16)
In the 70’s the Wombles was a popular UK live-action show about long-snounted furry animals cleaning up and reusing trash from inconsiderate humans. Remember You’re A Womble is their galloping, dance friendly declarance of superiority over the human race (which you’re not a part of, thankfully). The music on the show was written by now acclaimed but obnoxiously snobby songwriter Mike Batt (still paranoid about not being taken seriously because of this), who took the liberty of mixing together all sorts of instrumentation (this track includes saxophone, violin, horns etc) and satirizing different musical genres.
The Fun And Games - Elephant Candy (02:15)
Bubblegum pop for real men, given that The Fun And Games unlike most of their musical associates were an actual band, and compared to the genres standards were pretty raw, hard-hitting and shouting. Elephant Candy, released in 1968, is the a perfect example of this, and has more than a little touch of insanity in it's vocal harmonies.
Bubblegum pop for real men, given that The Fun And Games unlike most of their musical associates were an actual band, and compared to the genres standards were pretty raw, hard-hitting and shouting. Elephant Candy, released in 1968, is the a perfect example of this, and has more than a little touch of insanity in it's vocal harmonies.
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